silent letter in English

letter of a word which is written but not pronounced

Use "silent letter" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "silent letter" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "silent letter", or refer to the context using the word "silent letter" in the English Dictionary.

1. The "e" in " time" is a silent letter.

2. Why would anyone in their right mind reinsert a silent letter into a spelling?

3. "Crazy Abcs", an alphabet rap song that combines pronunciation and phonetics for each letter by Every Child Wins "Crazy ABC's", an acrostic song listing words beginning with each letter used as a silent letter, by the Barenaked Ladies on their album Snacktime! (2008)